Couch.



No. 804,538. PATENTED NOV. 14, 1905. J. HOEY.

COUCH.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1905.

51mm" for nrrnn STATES "PATENT OFFICE.

COUCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1905 Application filed April 6, 1905. Serial No.254,141.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HOEY, a citizen of the United States, residingat the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Couches, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in couch or bed bottoms orequivalent surfaces in which it is requisite or desirable to have anevenly-elastic surface.

In consists in the combination and arrangement of parts and details ofconstruction, which will be more fully explained by reference to theaccom panying drawings,in which Figure 1 is a perspective of my couch.Fig. 2 is a detail showing the curved bar and a portion of the head endof the couch. Fig. 3 is a detail of the curved bar detached, a portionof the same being broken away.

Various combinations of springs, tensionrods, and connections have beenemployed for the purpose of providing an elastic seat, couch, or bedsurface for the ultimate support of upholstery or other fabrics; and itis the object of my invention to further improve this class ofstructure, both in the manner of the elastic surfaces and in theconstruction of the frame which supports the apparatus.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, the main portion of the frameconsists of angle iron or steel end frames A. These may be constructedin various ways. When employed for a couch, as in the presentillustration, I have shown the portion A having the horizontal top 'partof a length substantially equal to the desiredwidth of couch. The endsare turned down at right angles with this horizontal portion and are ofsuch length that with the addition of the casters they will provide legsof the requisite height. These end pieces are united by properly-bracedlongitudinal bars A, the ends of which are fixed to legs about midway oftheir height. Below these bars are tension-rods A. Head and foot pieceframes may be hinged to the ends of this main frame, as shown at 6, andthey are normally held at any desired angle by curved bars 7, pivoted tothe hinge-leaves, as at 8, and having the inner ends notched, as at 9,so as to engage with the edges of slots made through the verticalportions of the legs A and through which the bars 7 are slidable, sothat these supplemental leaves may be folded down against the ends ofthe couch or extended at will. Side leaves may also be similarly hingedand supported from the couch, as shown at 10, thus enabling the user toincrease the length and width of the couch and to place the head or footat any desired angle with relation to the main portion. Either one ortwo side leaves may be employed, according to the necessities of thecase.

As many notches 9 may be made in the lower side of the bar 7 as may berequired. Thus, if the hinged part, as 10, is always raised to one levela single notch will be sufficient; but to set the part, as 6, atdifferent angles a plurality of notches may be made, and in order toreadily disengage the arm from the shoulder over which it slides andallow the hinged part to drop an inclined portion 9 is formed betweeneach of the notches and just behind the last one, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a couch, a frame having a stationary locking-shoulder, a parthinged to the frame, a bar having one end pivoted to the hinged part,notches in the lower edge of the bar adapted to engage thelocking-shoulder by gravitation, means by which the bar is raised inunison with the hinged part and the notch disengaged, andoutwardly-inclined surfaces between the notches, said surfaces slidableover theshoulder and preventing arengagement while the hinged part isbeing lowered.

2. A bar, ahinged leaf to which one end of the bar is pivoted, notchesin the lower edge of the bar, a fixed part having a shoulder with whicheither notch may engage, means for raising the bar to disengage from theshoulder, and diagonal surfaces between the notches to ride over theshoulder and prevent a reengagement of a notch with the shoulder.

3. A curved bar, a leaf to which one end is pivoted, notches formed inthe lower convex edge of said bar, a fixed part on which the leaf iscarried and having a shoulder with which either notch may engage bygravitation when the leaf is raised, and diagonally-inclined surfacesextending between the notches and preventing a reengagement of theshoulder with a notch when the leaf is lowered.

4. An article of manufacture consisting of a bar having notches made inone edge and diagonally-inclined surfaces extending from the lower sideof each notch to the higher side In testimony whereof I have hereuntoset of the next contiguous notch in series. my hand in presence of tWosubscribing Wit- 5. An article of manufacture consisting of nesses. acurved bar havingnotches in the convex JOHN HOEY. 5 edge anddiagonally-inclined surfaces extend- Witnesses:

ing from the lower side of each notch to the CHAS. RIWo'rZKY,

higher side of the next contiguous notch. H. A. DODGE.

